Top 10 1. Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles says she will resign in June Steve Harrison/WFAE Radio Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles, who is the city’s second-longest serving mayor and easily won a fifth term...
Top 10 2. Big tax hike in Haywood: What’s costing the county millions? Sarah White/The Waynesville Mountaineer Haywood County taxpayers could see the largest property tax increase in recent history next year. The...
Top 10 3. Area leaders show support for UNCW’s medical school proposal Port City Daily Both the City of Wilmington and New Hanover County commissioners signed off on resolutions in support of...
Top 10 4. State budget delay prompts hiring freeze in Davidson schools Amy Diaz/WFDD Radio Without a state budget, local school districts are left guessing about teacher salary increases and position allotments...
Top 10 4. Five things to know about largest cell phone ban study Greg Toppo/The 74 The largest study ever of school cell phone bans finds that they offer decidedly mixed results, with...
Top 10 5. April data breach may have impacted all NC schools; student & staff data accessed WRAL News Wake County Public School System leaders are investigating a breach involving the system that contains teachers’ and students’...
Top 10 6. In quest for more beds, Mission plans to keep staff lean, CON application shows Ted Clifford/Asheville Watchdog Mission Hospital has no plans to add staff in key areas – including trauma care, security, and...
Top 10 7. What community college leaders in North Carolina and California learned from each other after natural disasters Analisa Sorrells Archer/Education NC Home to nearly 40 million people, California’s population is roughly 3.5 times the size of North...
Top 10 8. Parents target Whatley over sex offender controversy Cory Vaillancourt/Smoky Mountain News A new coalition of North Carolina parents is taking aim at Republican U.S. Senate candidate Michael...
Top 10 9. Orange County hires firm to review property appraisal practices amid tax revaluation reform Brighton McConnell/WCHL Chapelboro As Orange County continues to explore ways to reform its property appraisal and tax evaluation processes, its...
Top 10 10. ‘Significant step forward.’ Town avoids NC takeover for now. Mackenzie Thomas/Carolina Public Press Facing pressure to show significant progress in dealing with financial issues, Littleton town officials informed the...
Top 10 1. Should college athlete pay be public? NC legislature could make it confidential Colin Campbell/WUNC News The state legislature could soon make university pay for student athletes a confidential record. Compensation for public...
Top 10 2. Wake County board, all Democrats, walks back shadowy move Alan Wooten/The Center Square Commissioners in Wake County have paused, for at least 90 days, any action toward approval of...
Top 10 3. NC House lawmakers push for better breast cancer detection Christine Zhu/NC Newsline Bipartisan lawmakers in the North Carolina House are backing a bill that would provide equal health insurance...
Top 10 4. Cuban man living in Charlotte dies while in ICE custody in Georgia Julian Berger/WFAE Radio A Cuban man living in Charlotte died last week while in federal immigration custody at a detention...
